In honor of the “Back to School” season, we bring you several stories about children from across Europe on their first day of school.
Pritzker Family National Photography Collection Established at National Library of Israel
A gift from the John Pritzker Family Fund will support the digitization and expansion of a world-leading century-old collection of photographs
How 500 Children Were Returned to the Jewish People After the Holocaust
Letters discovered by chance in the National Library archives document Yitzhak Halevi Herzog’s historic mission to redeem Jewish children taken in by Christian institutions and families
A Special Back to School Project: Recognize Yourself in These Photos?
Identify and tag your friends, family members, and yourselves in these rare photos of school children from the National Library collections, taken between the 1950s and the 1990s
Captives in Lebanon: The Story of the “Marine Carp”
How Israel’s declaration of independence shaped the fate of 69 Jews on an American passenger ship
The Doctor Who Treated Herzl in Exchange for an Autograph
Meet the doctor who helped Herzl get to the podium in time to open the Fourth Zionist Congress in London
A Late Expressionist-Literary Critic-Literary Scholar
The Estate of Rudolf Kayser
Four Israeli Premieres, Some VR and a Little Iraq N’Roll at the Library
Fifth Docu.Text film fest kicks off August 18-22 at the National Library of Israel
Menachem Begin: The Man of a Thousand Faces
What (or who) do Mr. Halperin, Rabbi Sassover, and Dr. Konigshoffer have in common? How the head of the Irgun evaded capture by the British Police, time and again
How European Jews Spent Their Summers Before the Holocaust
From lake houses to spa days, Jews from all over Europe took full advantage of their summer vacations, building memories that would last a lifetime.
